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The Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" (MD PnP) Interoperability Program is leading the adoption of open standards and technologies for safe integration of medical devices and HIT to improve patient safety and healthcare efficiency.

 

Selected Publications

QUICK LINKS

> MD PnP White Paper
> ICE Standard (ASTM F2761)
MD FIRE

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CONTACT INFORMATION

MD PnP Program
65 Landsdowne St., Suite 200
Cambridge, MA  02139
info@mdpnp.org

Julian M. Goldman, MD
Program Director
jgoldman@mdpnp.org

Sue Whitehead

Program Manager
617-768-8760
swhitehead@partners.org
Toward patient safety in closed-loop medical device systems” in Proceedings of the 1st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems 2010
(Link to abstract only)

Connectivity to Improve Patient Safety: Making Medical Device “Plug-and-Play” Interoperability a Reality” in Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare 2010

ICE Standard (ASTM F2761-09), Published December 2009

MD PnP Program White Paper (see Quick Links in side bar)

Plug-and-play for medical devices: experiences from a case study,” in Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology, July 2009
(AAMI login required to view article)

AAMI News, July/August 2009, Vol. 44, No. 7
(AAMI login required to view article)

"Hospitals Issue Call for Action on Medical Device Interoperability" Patient Safety and Quality HealthCare, January-February 2009 (552 KByte PDF)

Boston Globe article, December 29, 2008

"Model Contract Gives Momentum to Interoperability Movement"  
Anesthesiology News, December 2008

Patient Safety and Quality HealthCare, January/February 2008 (670 KByte PDF file)

"ASA 2006" booklet describing the content of the ASA exhibit, including reproductions of all posters may be downloaded in 3 PDF files:
MDPnP Booklet February 2007 p1-21.pdf (11 Mgb)
MDPnP Booklet February 2007 p22.pdf (8 Mgb)
MDPnP Booklet February 2007 p23-29.pdf (8 Mgb)
(with thanks to Mitre for production assistance)


"Medical Device Connectivity for Improving Safety and Efficiency"
ASA Newsletter, May 2006, Vol. 70, No. 5
Comment on the article on the MD PnP discussion group

IEEE Computer "sidebar" on MD PnP program, in article "Software Engineering for Future Healthcare and Clinical Systems", by Richard A. Schrenker
IEEE Computer, April 2006, p. 30

"Eliciting Clinical Requirements for the Medical Device Plug-and-Play (MD PnP) Interoperatility Program
Goldman J, Whitehead S, Weininger S
From the 2006 STA Annual Meeting, published in Anesth Analg. 2006; 102;S1-54

BI&T* Frontlines Column: "Getting Connected to Save Lives"
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology*, May/June 2005, p. 338

BI&T* article "Plug-and-Play in the Operating Room of the Future"
Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology* May/June 2005, p. 194
(The MD PnP program was described in the article as "ORF PnP", for "OR of the Future".)

"Plug-and-Play Connectivity Initiative Launched"
AAMI News, January 2005, Vol. 40, No. 1

*"Reprinted with permission from Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology (BI&T), a peer-reviewed journal published by the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. Visit www.aami.org to learn more about AAMI or to view BI&T's current issue."